Form for drying hosiery



Aug. 17 1926. 1,596,765

0. RABINOVITCH FORM FOR DRYING HOSIERY Filed March 14, 1925 Patented Aug. 17, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FORM FOR DRYING HOSIERY.

Application filed March 14, 1925. Serial No. 15,680.

This invention relates to forms for drying hosiery, and the principal object of the invention is to provide a form particularly adapted for household use and possessing certain novel features which make it-desirable over forms now in common use.

Another object of the invention is to provide a form having means for insuring a proper adjustment of the stocking thereon.

In the attached drawings:

Figure 1 is a side View of a form made in accordance with my invention, and

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 22, Fig. 1.

With reference'to the drawings, the device comprises a frame 1 of wire formed to the outline of the human leg and reinforced at the top and ankle by plates 2 and 3. The wire at the back of the form is reinforced by an inner wire 4; which extends preferably from the top of the form to the tip of the toe, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1. This wire 4, which preferably is of the same gage as the wire 1, and may be a continuation of the latter, is secured to the inner side of the Wire 1 by means of solder or welding or in any fashion affording a smooth 'joint free from roughnesses which might catch the stocking. It is to the inner side of the wire 4 that the reinforcing plates 2 and 3 attach.

It will 'be noted that with this construction a-groove is formed on each side of the frame and at the back immediately inside of'the rear edge of the form, and in placing a stocking on the form, the seam at the back is laid within this groove so that when the stocking is dry, the seam will be not at the exact rear of the stocking but a little to one side after well known manner. hen the stockings of a pair so dried are laid fiat together, the seams may'lie on the inner adjacent faces and will not be visible. The chief advantage of the device in the present instance, however, is to afford some assurance that the stockings will be uniformly boarded, so that when placed upon the leg, the seam may be readily and accurately placed at the back.

I am awarethat wire frames of this general nature have been used before, but so far as I am aware, none of these framesincluded the very useful feature of the double wire construct-ion at the back affording the side grooves for the seam.

The frame as constructed has many advantages-for household use, the principal ones being comparative low cost of manufacture, and durability. It will further be noted that by providing the groove on both faces of the frame, the latter may be used indiscriminately to board either rightor left-hand stockings. It will be obvious that in boarding stockings of a pair, one stocking will have its seam placed in the groove on one side of the frame and the other stocking in the groove at the opposite side of the frame, so that when placed together, the seams will not be visible.

I claim:

1. A stocking form comprising a wire frame having substantially the outline of the human leg, and a length of wire secured to the inner side of the rear wire of the frame and forming with said rearwire a groove on each face of the frame.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a wire frame shaped substantially to the outline of the human leg, with a length of wire extending along the inside of-the rear wire of said frame and forming therewith a groove on each face of the frame.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a stocking form comprising a wire frame shaped to the outline of the human leg, a length of wire secured at the inside of the rear wire of the form, and at least one reinforcing plate attached to the front wire of the frame and to the said inner rear wire. 

